Word (or morpheme) that is used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns.
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Examples for "counter "
Examples for "counter "
1 Their colleagues in Congress hope to counter the new rules with legislation.
2 An over - the - counter equity market, the New Third Board, saw a similar fate.
3 His book is a case study of a counter - insurgency war gone wrong.
4 Israel takes in droves of Palestinian refugees fleeing the counter - humanist Palestinian laws.
5 PwC partner David Stebbings advised companies to monitor bank counter - party risk daily.
1 Then keep your vocabulary clean of bargain- counter words .
1 I am... She stopped to think of the right counting word .
2 Mamut said five was Her counting word of hidden authority.
3 We say five is Her sacred counting word .
4 Five is also the Mother's sacred counting word .
5 The number of fingers on one hand, five, is an important counting word in its own right.
1 The measured words of Accountant Somers were still ringing in his ears:
2 This is a classic Two-Step move: maintain independence, but use mild, measured words .
3 Water, Ivor was thinking, as the measured words flowed over him.
4 There was something final and convincing in his companion's measured words .
5 We have reached a stage where measured words stand out.
1 It may mean counting words , but it may mean something else entirely.
2 She didn't think there were even enough counting words for them all.
3 How could someone raised by flatheads have any understanding of counting words ?
4 She remembered the years better her way, but she liked the counting words .
5 It made the counting words so much more powerful when used like that.
6 I am... She stopped to think of the right counting word .
7 Even larger counting words can be made by bending more than one finger.
8 She did not know the counting words , but she had some sense of them.
9 Mamut said five was Her counting word of hidden authority.
10 She counted them in her mind using the counting words .
11 I put it into counting words , she tried to explain.
12 In all, Ayla used the counting words to tally nine fully or partially drawn animals.
13 Counting words had tremendous significance, both real and symbolic.
14 That means I must be... She closed her eyes to concentrate on the counting words .
15 The right hand with bent fingers is sometimes used alone to show those larger counting words .
16 We say five is Her sacred counting word .
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